puxi

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The larvæ of the various dipterous insects of the genus Ephydra, which inhabit the alkali lakes of western North America, and are made into edible cakes: so called by Mexican Indians and Spanish Americans. See Ephydra, ahuatle, and koochahbee.

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Examples

Nostraticists often link PIE *bʰeuh₂- to Uralic *puxi 'tree' with an underlying meaning of 'to grow up from the ground' and hence later 'to appear' and 'to become' in PIE.